Community Resources

The Chaplain is the administrative officer of the University responsible to the Provost for the oversight and coordination of religious activities on the campus. The Chaplain supports the academic mission of the University by facilitating and encouraging initiatives concerned with the moral, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of university life.

Makuu: The Black Cultural Center is the University of Pennsylvania's focal point for student activities, ideas, outreach, and support linked to Black culture and the African Diaspora. Makuu provides a comfortable and convenient space for students to gather. Makuu's professional and student staff work daily to provide academic, cultural, and social support to students and groups, connecting them to additional resources and opportunities.

The Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina promotes greater awareness of Latin@ issues, culture, and identity at Penn. La Casa Latina works closely with the Penn community to offer a supportive environment where all students are welcomed and engaged in programs, events, and dialogues that address important issues affecting Latin@s/Hispanics locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Pan-Asian American Community House is a hub of academic, personal, and professional growth for University of Pennsylvania students interested in Asian American culture and the Asian American Diaspora. Through advising, leadership development, advocacy, social and cultural programming we expand student access to the University's resources.

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center enriches the experience and fosters the success of Penn's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. The Center assists faculty, staff, and alumni, particularly in their efforts to serve students. The Center increases the general Penn community's awareness, understanding, and acceptance of its sexual and gender minority members.

The Penn Women's Center promotes gender justice at Penn and beyond. It sponsors programs on career development, stress management, parenting, violence prevention, health and wellness alongside events highlighting women and female-identified writers, activists, artists and political and professional leaders. It plays an advocacy role regarding a wide range of issues including reproductive justice, sexuality, discrimination, interpersonal violence, and physical and mental health.

The Graduate Student Center empowers graduate and professional students to create and participate in a graduate community at Penn. The Grad Center organizes intellectual, social, and professional development programs, provide services to support graduate and professional students at Penn and in Philadelphia, and provides graduate and professional students with a centrally-located home.